‘Bribing’ Mums To Feed Their Kids

People Fixing the World

• Episode: ‘Bribing’ Mums To Feed Their Kids
• Website: People Fixing the World
• Feed URL: http://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p04grdbc.rss
• Duration: 00:16:48
• Published: 2016-12-17 04:00

One in three children in Peru was growing up too short for their age, stunted by a lack of the right foods in their diet. Then in 2005, the government put in place an innovative new system. They gave cash hand-outs to poor mothers but only on the condition that they had regular health check-ups and their children went to school. By 2014 the number of children growing up too small had halved. World Hacks tells the story. Presented by Sahar Zand. Image caption: Mother and child part of the malnutrition programme / Image credit: BBC